Sadiron



U. SPAHR.

SADIRUN.

APPLlcArloN m50 Nov. 14, |914.

1,340,257. Patenfd May 18, 1920.

WITNESSES TTUHNEYS UNITED sTATEs "PATENT IoEEIoE.

OTTO SPAHR, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOB, T0 STRAUSE GAS IRONCO., 0F PHILADELIHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION 0F PENNSYLVANIA,

SADIRON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1920.

Application tiled November 14, 1914. Serial No. 872,061.

T0 all who/a it may concern:

Be it known that I, OTTo SPMIB, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sadirons, of whichthe following is a s ecification.

My invention re ates to sad irpns and more particularly to that typethereof commonly known as self-heating sad irons and has for its objectto provide a construction which permits the handle to be moved to aposition substantially outside of the effects of the heat rising orradiating from the iron when not in use without necessitating acornplete detachment of said handle from the iron. My improvement willbe full describedhereinafter and the features o nov elty will be pointedout in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accom )anying drawings in which Figure 1is a si e eievation of an iron showing one form of my `improved handleconstruction; Fig. 2 is an end view thereof; Fig. 3 is a detail sectionof another form of my invention; Fig. 4 is a side elevation illustratingstill another form of said invention` and Fig. is an end view thereof.

ln the drawings l() represents the body of a sad iron of the typecommonly known as self-heating gas irons and ll indicates the coverthereof which in most instances is made movable relatively to said bodyto expose the interior thereof. ln the form as illustrated in Figs. 1and 2, my improvement comprises a substantially rigid horizontal member12 attached tothe cover 11 in any suitable manner. as by means of screws13 and forming part of or secured to an upright member 14 extendingupwardly from one end thereof, the said member 12, at its other end,being continued in thel form of an upwardly extending member 15, to thefree end o which another member 15 is pivoted or hinged at 152 Themember 15", in turn, is attached to one end of a suitably` shaped handle16, for instance. by

means of a pin or screw 17 ,the opposite end of said handle beingarranged to be detachably secured, in its operative position` to the:upright member 14 in any convenient manner. For instance. said handle16'* may carry, at said opposite end, a lug 18 passing through a lever21 which projects above the handle to form a finger piece and alsoextends slightly below said lug 18 and is loosely mounted thereon. Inthis form the upright member 14, is simply rovided with an aperture 20into which tie lug 18* is adapted to snap and lock the handle inoperative position. When it is desired to disconnect the said handlefrom the member 14, the linger piece of the lever 21 is pressedoutwardly away from the handle end which causes the lower end of saidlever 21 to bear against the handle end and an intermediate portionthereof to engage the end of the member 14 so that as the outwardpressure is continued, the said member 14 will be. forced away from saidhandle end and the lug 18 in this manner released from the aperture 201.After this has been done the handle may be pivotally swung on the hinge15 to an inoperative position indicated by dotted lines 1n Fig. 1, asuitable stop 15d heini;v provided for engagement by the member 5",whereby the swinging movement of said handle in the indicated directionis arrested. The finger piece of the lever 21 is preferably providedwith a button, pad or the like 22 of a material which is a poorconductor of heat and adapted to forma protection for the linger aspressure is exerted to manipulate the lever and thus prevent injury yburning to the person manipulating the iron. The lever 21 b beingloosely mounted on the lug l-llmay e turned down wardly or reversedthereon, so that in this position, no portion thereof projects above thehandle to interfere with the ready packing of the iron forv shipment orto force itself through such package.

. Instead of constructing the lever 21 in one piece as in the formdescribed, the same may be made in two parts 21a and 21u oonnected by arule joint 21c or the like, as shown in Fig. 3, so that the portion 21bmay fold down upon the handle and thus do away with any upwardprojections above said handle. one end of the handle, as abovedescribed. the portion 21b is raised and pressed outwardly in the samemanner as in Figs. 1 and 2. the rule joint 21c or the like rigidlyconnecting the parts 21 and 21" and causing them to move as a unitduring. this, movement to actuate the member 14 as will be readilyapparent.

As shown in Figs. 4 andl 5, the lever 21 When it is desired to releasethe i junction with its sup in connection with a may be omitted and themember 14 itself be extended upwardly to form a finger piece 21d uponwhich an outward pressure may be exerted to release the lug 18 from theaperture 20* in the same manner as in the two previous forms. Thisfinger piece 2ld may also be provided with an insulating button, pad orthe like 22 and further if desired, may be connected with the member 14by means of aI rule joint or the like similar to the joint 21c insteadof being integral and rigid therewith. In this form the handle 16,'

corresponding to the handle 16, instead of being carried b a hingemember 15", is carried by a resilient member 15, which, as shown, mayhave its one end secured to the cover llpreferably beneath the member l2and-by means of one of the screws 13. As the handle 16 is detached fromthe member 14 the resiliency of the member 15 will carry said handle 16to an inoperative position corresponding approximately to that indicatedby dotted lines in Fig. 1. It will be understood that the resilientmember 15 may,i if desired, be substituted for the compound member 15,15b of Figs. l and 2 and that the latter may replace said resilientmember 15 in Figs. 4 and 5 without affecting the efficiency of theconstructions.

Instead of the forms shown and described, the upright member may behinged at its lower end directly to the cover instead of being made intwo parts which are hinged together, as shown and described, or thehorizontal member may be so hinged and made integral with or secured tothe two end members, suitable locking devices bein in each case providedfor locking said hand e in operative position and for releasing it whenit is desired to swing the handle to an in operative position. Inaddition to this, if desired said handle either by itself or in .con-

ont may swing m' a plane parallel with t 1e covemfor instance about oneof the screws 13, the other screw in this case being replaced by asuitable and releasable locking device.

All of the forms of my vide simple constructions in which the handle isreadily shifted to an inoperative protected position by movements whichare natural and easily performed and without necessitating the completedetachment of the handle from the iron, thus preventing lossl ormisplacing of said handle and et securing the same beneficial results asi the hanldlf were entirely removed from the iron It will be clearlyapparent that, while f have shown and descri d my improvements a iron,the same is equally well'adapted or use in connection with all other tof sad irons Various other anges in theforms shown and described may bmade within the scope improvement pro! ofthe claims without departingfrom the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

1. A sad iron comprising a body, a handle having its one end movablyconnected therewith, said handle being` movable to an inoperativeposition substantially outside of the heat rising from said body whennot in use, a member extending upwardly from said body, means fordetachably connecting the other end of said handle in an operativeposition to said member., and a device for moving end to disconnect saidconnecting means whereby said end of the handle is released from saidmember.

2. A sad iron comprising a body, members extending upwardly therefrom, ahandle having one end pivotally connected with one of said memberswhereby said handle is movable to a osition substantially outside of theheat rising from said body when not in use, means for detachablyconnecting the other end of said handle in an operative position to theother member and a device for moving said other member to disconnect theconnecting means whereby the one end of said handle is released. Y

3. A sad iron com rising a body, n member extending u warly therefrom,ahandle having one en pivotally connected with said member and arrangedto be moved to a position substantially outside of the heat rising fromsaid body when not in use, a projection at the o posite end of saidhandle, a second mem r extending upwardly from said body and provided'with an aperture adapted to receive said projection and lock saidhandle in an operative position and means forJnoving said second memberaway from said handle to disengage said projection and aperture.

4. A sad iron comprising a body, a member extending unwardly therefrom,a handle having one end vpivotally connected with said member ,andarranged to be moved to a position substantially outside of the heatrising from said body when not in use, a projection at the opposite endof said handle, a second member extending upwardly from said body andprovided with an aperture ada ted to receive said projection and locksaidp handle in im operative position and a leverrmovably mounted onsaid )rojection and arranged to press said second member away from saidiandle to disengage said projection and a erture.

In testimony w ereof, I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

OTTO SPAHIL Witnesses.: E. .LAUnnNoa Wannen, Invm A. SANonn.

said member away from said handle-

